Casstaway

Something happened to disrupt both our lives and my series of posts from Casstaway’s spring 2022 three-month journey in the Bahamas. His name was Ian. So, before we continue with our glorious sailing tales, here’s the nitty gritty on our Ian tale of woe. We call this year’s holiday letter: The Casstaway’s Christmas Chaos Where in the world are Todd and Tanya? It’s December 2022 and...

At 0-dark-30 on Saturday, March 26, we three ships depart Bimini Cove Marina for our first Bahamas anchorage - Frazer's Hog Cay. A very long day of motor sailing with chillier breezes - Tanya pulls out a sweatshirt and her foul weather jacket for the journey. We arrive at Frazer's pooped but happy to set anchor by 6:00pm. We plan to stay at Frazer's for two nights in order to wait out tomorrow's...

Finally! The Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria (aka, Casstaway, EWWE2, and Holokai) made the long-awaited Bahamas crossing on Saturday, March 19. We left our staging point, Rodriguez Bay (near Key Largo) a little after 6:30am and arrived at Bimini Cove Marina in South Bimini, Bahamas, around 5:00pm (the Bahamas is on US EDT). With hurried anticipation, all three boats ran with full sails up...

For every time there is a season. This Christmas season wasn't yet the time for the Casstaways to cast-off our Boot Key Harbor mooring ball. So, instead of a Christmas on the high seas, we spent Christmas on the small waves enjoying all the holiday festivities here in the harbor. And festivities there were! VHF Bingo, dingy caroling, serving as special elves for Santa, Christmas Boat Parade, a...

May the peace, love, and joy of Christmas be in your heart wherever you roamDeck the Palms 2021 Tanya Cass For the first time since moving to our sailboat home, the Casstaways are trading in our snowmen for sandcastles, and spending Christmas riding the waves and resting under palm trees. Cause really, who needs snowflakes when you can have seashells? While we’ll absolutely miss our family,...